Ocarina of Time 3D is the best way to experience the classic ever, and a must own for 3DS owners

User Rating: 9.5 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 3DS
As the often considered "best game of all time", The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has a huge legacy of its own. Mora than 10 years after the release of the game, Nintendo decided to give the 3DS some much needed suport, in the form of its first remake, Ocarina of Time 3D. How does it stand up nowadays? Really well, actually.

GRAPHICS AND 3D EFFECT:
The graphics of the game have been much revamped, with not so polygonal character models, better drawn distance, and an overall much cleaner feel. It is definitely an amazing looking game, specially since N64 games nowadays look old and dated, and this game revamps the classic. The frame rate is also better, and all the characters have more beliveable animations, though Link's reactions lost some charm.

As a 3DS game, the 3D effect is an important, waitted feature from fans, and it doesn't disapoint there. There are actually few moments in the game where you feel like something is flying at your face, but everthing does seem much closer, and the distinction of the backgrounds from characters is just incredible. It really feels 3D. 5/5

SOUND:
For better or for worse, Nintendo did barely touch on the soundtrack of this game. The memorable ocarina tracks for instance, sound exactaly the same, and still are pretty cool, like the majority of the music of the game. The downside is that, seeing everything the big N has given us when it comes to the music of the series, such as orchestrated music, it could have been touched upon to feel more epic. Navi's constants "Hey!"'s and "Listen!"'s are still here to drive you insane. 4.5/5

STORY:
OoT tells the story of Link, a young Kokiri boy on an adventure to save the land of Hyrule from the evil Gerudo King Ganondorf. To do so, he must not only conquer different dungeons to get stronger and more help, but he must also go forth in the future 7 years to defeat the king of evil.

As I have said many times, the story of this game is nothing special. It is an epic story, and doesn't dwelve really deep on complex storylines like following Zelda games would, mostly Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess. It does stay away from the save the princess formula, and it is enjoyable as a whole, specially due to the amazing cast of memorable characters. 3.5/5

GAMEPLAY:
The game is a 3D action adventure game. You control Link though out Hyrule, battaling monsters and conquering dungeons, until you can defeat Ganondorf at his castle. The structure is similar to most Zelda games, so veterans can jump right in, and the learing curve is really brief so newcomers will not have a big problem.

To get his quest done, Link must traverse though 8 dungeons, 3 as a kid and 5 as a young adult. The kid dungeons are quite simple, really just there to introduce you into the game. The adult ones are much bigger and complex, requiring you to have a knowledge of the are rather than just going and wandering around. The dungeons in this game are quite a lot of fun, specially the Forest Dungeon and the Water Temple (yes, more onto that latter), but they are much simpler than the ones found on the newer games of the series, and are most-so easy.

The 3DS version doesn't stay away from the formula too much, and it really doesn't tinker with the original too much. The most noticeable improvent is the improved item system. Instead of having the 3 C-buttons to use your items (duhh), you use the X and Y buttons plus two touch screen items. There is a brief learning curve on to getting the controls well set for you but it is no biggie. Also, as a note for players of the original version, the different boots you get now are items, that you can equip in and out with the tap of a button, making the Water Temple much less tedious, and quite fun actually. In reality, everything has been mapped to the touch screen. Besides the items, the menus and maps are all there, and make the game much more fluent. The motion controls of the system are also used, as you can aim your bow with it, as well as check the enviroment in first person like that, both of which work very well.

Besides the dungeon crawling, you also spend quite sometime out on the field or on some sidequests. Again, the sidequest are not as plentiful as newer Zelda games, but the ones that exist are quite fun, and mostly usefull too. The one annoyance in the game is traversing through Hyrule Field, which is too big and has almost nothing to do. Even with your horse, it still is quite annoying.

As a whole, the gameplay of OoT held up quite well, and this version'd additions make it worth playing though again. The main quest is quite lengthy, and tackling the Master Quest version and a boss rush as a bonus gives the package a bigger value.
4.4/5

OVERALL:
This is the best version of this incredible experience. While some of its aspects are dated, most of it has held up quite well, and all the new additions make the game even more fun to play. A must own for 3DS owners.


The good:
-Beautiful graphics and neat 3D effect
-Music is, for better or worse, the same as the N64 version
-Changes to item management are really for the best
-Dungeons are mostly quite fun to play though
-Lengthy quest and great value to the package

The bad:
-Music is, for better or worse, the same as the N64 version
-Some of its aspects do feel a bit date, specially when compared to most recent 3D game in the series